Family Forum / Parenting / Children's Health / May 2004

My 13 year-old son has been taking Accutane about a month now.  He has, or
had, terrible acne that wouldn't respond to creams and antibiotics.  Other
than very dry and sore lips, he has no other symptoms.  And his acne is
getting better every day, which is a relief for him (and me).

My daughter has a prescription for Zyrtec 1MG/ML Syrup.  But I noticed
that  Canadian pharmacies sell Reactin (Zyrtec) syrup in the 5MG/ML
variety. Is this the essentially same as the 1MG/ML version of Zyrtec
syrup that my daughter's doctor prescribed?

My DD, 3 months +, normally feed every 3-4 hours 5oz of formula during the
day. At mid-night, only 1 feed @ 12am then the next feed will be on 5 / 6am
in the morning. During the night, she will wake up and I only give her some
water.

Sodium Metabisulphite (SMB) is widely used as a preservative in childrens
juice drinks (particularly those that you dilute with water like Lemon
squash).
SMB is a well known Asthma trigger but does anyone know of any research that

The other post on ear infections made we wonder about infant/toddler
hearing.  My DD just turned 1yr old.
She only responds to loud sounds in quite rooms.  I can play a Baby
Einstein video and mute it and she isn't phased.  She just keeps

My DS at about 9-10months started saying a few words (cat, mom, dad)
and now he's back to babbling.   He had an ear infection and we thought
his hearing went away.
We would make a loud noise behind him and he wouldn't respond.  The

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Would this be bad for a 1yr old?  I have to babysit and the parents
asked that I microwave some Tyson chicken nuggets.  They look good
except for the 'fried in vegetable oil' part I read.
Rest of the ingredients seem decent.

U.S. hospitals give Iraqis a 2nd chance
An 8-month-old Iraqi girl with a possibly fatal growth in her neck
arrived at a Columbus, Ohio, hospital yesterday, weeks after her
parents carried her into a U.S. military base in Iraq.

I have two problems
1st is with my 16yr old son, he has had chronic constipation since birth,
the doctors have checked for tumas and the such, and suggested
seninacot(sp?) And other Medicines, but all these do are make him soil more.

About 4 weeks ago we noticed a rash start to appear under our sons right
armpit.
It gradually got worse so we rang our GP to make an appointment.
Finally go to see our GP today and he says he has eczema, and prescribed

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my step son has been soiling his pants for over a year and everybody
thinks this is ok. I think something is really wrong but nobody seems to
think the way I do. I need some advice before my husband leaves me
because he thinks i am picking on his son

Came across an interesting article today. I've been reading different
subjects here about vaccines and the MMR especially, and I think it's
interesting that people against vaccinations are labled as "fear
mongering." Can't we say the same thing about pro-vacs? Let's take a mild

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